Match-striking attachment for garments.



R. H. TAYLOR.

MATCH STRHTING ATTACHMENT FOR GARMENTS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.2I, 1915.

Patented N 0V. 28. 1916.

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RALPH HQ TAYLOR, OF IB'UTTE, MONTANA.

MATCH-STRIKING ATTACHMENT FOR GARMEN'TS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nev. 2s, 191e.

Application filed August 21, 1915. Serial No. 46,631.

To all whom t may concern s Be it known that I, RALPH I-I. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butte, in the county of Silverbow and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Striking Attachments for Garments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to match striking attachments for garments and has as its object to provide an attachment which may be embodied in any ordinary coat orthe like andfwhich may be conveniently employed for the purpose of lighting matches, thereby obviating the necessity of striking matches upon ones clothes by friction or lighting matches by striking them upon the pavement, building walls, woodwork, and other surfaces liable to be marred in the act of striking the match and obviating also the necessity `of -striking the match upon ones shoe sole.

It is one aim l.of the invention to provide an attachment of the class described which will ,be inconspicuous and which will not in any way detract from the appearance or neat fit of thegarment.

Another aim ofthe invention is to provide a device of this class so constructed that the striking surface may be renewed whenever desired.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective .view illustrating the arrangement of the device within an ordinary coat and the manner in which the device would be used. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, in detail, of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view therethrough. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view substantially on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of the upper transverse strip of the pocket showing the manner of securing said strip to the body of the garment.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The device embodying the present invention may be arranged within any coat, overcoat, or similar garment and in any desired location although the arrangement shown in the drawings is the one to be preferred inasmuch as it permits of more convenient striking of a match.

In the drawings the numeral l indicates which afford a striking surface for matches.v

A line of stitching 5 extending transversely of the lower end of each hem i serves to c lose the bottom of the pocket above mentioned and jthese lines of stitching andalso the lines of stitching 3 .pass respectively through the lower edge portion and the lateral edge portions of a piece of cloth indicated at 6, which cloth constitutes the back wall of the pocket. A. strip of clothiin'dicated at 7 has its upper and lower edge (p0rtions folded back and stitched as showninl Fig. 3 of the drawings and this stri-p is united by lines of stitching to the upper ends of the hems t and at its ends is stitched to the' facing l, the said ends being Vtted through slits or incisions 1l in the said facing. The upper and lower edges of thestrip 7 are unattached to the facing l and this strip therefore defines the mouth of Tthe pocket. Any desired number of sheets of emery cloth, sand-paper or other match striking material indicated by the numeral 8, are inserted within the pocket and one of these sheets will, of course, have its coated surface exposed between the adjacent edges of the hems l and the lower edge of the strip 7 to present the desired match striking surface.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that when one of the sheets 8 becomes worn so as to be practically useless it may be withdrawn from the pocket thereby exposing the coated surface of the next adjacent sheet, and inasmuch as the sheets are relatively thin, a number may beV arranged within the pocket without bulging the garment or detracting from its neat appearance and fit.

In order that a supply of matches may be carried convenient t0 the striking device above described, a pocket indicated by the numeral 9 is provided in the facing 1 and the mouth of this pocket, indicated by the numeral l0, extends transversely at the bot tom of the pocket which receives the striking sheets 8, the upper edge of the forward wall of the pocket 9 registering with the lower ends of the hems 4.

By reference t0 the drawings and particularly to Fig. l, it will be observed that the match striking device and the pocket 9 are located at the left-hand side of the coat and therefore when it is desired to obtain a light, a match may be conveniently removed from the pocket 9 by the right hand while the coat is held by the left hand as shown in Fig. 1, and as the match is withdrawn from the pocket its head is drawn across the striking surface and is thereby ignited.

Ha ving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

l. The combination with a garment having an opening therein, of a pocket having a back wall secured to the rear surface of the cloth of which the garment is formed and extending across the opening therein, said pocket being provided with spaced lateral hems comprising an open front wall, and a sheet of material removably fitted within the pocket between the hems and the back wall and having a match striking surface exposed between the adjacent edges of the hems.

2. iThe combination with a garment, of a pocket forming a part of the garment and comprising a back wall and having an open front wall comprising spaced hems having their free edges ypresented toward each other, a strip connecting the upper ends of the hems, the lower ends of said hems beingv connected with the body of the garment by a line of stitching, and a sheet of material removably fitted within the pocket at the rear of the strip and between the hems and resting on said line of stitching, said sheet having a match striking surface presented at the opening defined by the adjacent edges of the hems and strip.

3. The combination with a garment, of 'a pocket formed directly in the body .of the garment and comprising a back wall and spaced lateral hems forming an open front wall, the lower ends of said hems being connected to the body of the garment by a line of stitching, a transverse strip connect,- ing the upper ends of the hems and having its opposite ends extended through incisions in the body of the garment and secured directly to the rear face thereof, and a sheet of material removably fitted within the pocket at the rear of the strip and between the hems and resting on said line of stitching, said sheet having a match striking surface presented at the opening defined by the adjacent edges of the hems and transverse stri epThe combination with a garment including a pocket having a normally open mouth, of an auxiliary pocket arranged directly above the open mouth of the garment pocket and having an open front, and a sheet of match striking material removably fitted within the auxiliary pocket and having its surface exposed at said open front,

the surface of the match striking material being constantly in vertical alinement with the back of the garment pocket.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RALPH H. TAYLOR. [1.. s]

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